Everything Is Connected In Frantic New Dirk Gently Trailer

BBC America has unleashed a frantic and frankly bonkers new trailer for Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, based on the novels by Douglas Adams. It rams home the idea behind Dirk’s detecting rationale – that “everything is connected” – though some more hardcore fans might grumble that this series doesn’t appear to connect that much with the source material. That may be the case, but this is still looking like a really intriguing show…

The new series stars Samuel Barnett (Penny Dreadful, Desperate Romantics, Strange) as Dirk and Elijah Wood (you know him) as Todd, a character created for the show who apparently insists that he is not a sidekick. “He’s honestly not gung-ho about helping Dirk do anything, much less be his assistant,” says series writer Max Landis (Chronicle, Victor Frankenstein) of the character.

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency starts airing in the States on BBC America on 22 October. We’ll get to see it here in the UK on Netflix at some later date.